Students who have special education needs make up about 26% of the entire Genesee school district’s student body, and special education costs make up about $3.6 million of the $5.7 million projected yearly deficit, according to Flint Schools Superintendent Derrick Lopez in a January editorial in MLive.
Good Jobs for Michigan (GJFM) is corporate welfare that does not work, Michael LeFaive of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy told the Michigan Senate Economic Development and International Investment Committee.